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Courting the Wild Twin

By: Martin Shaw
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Master mythologist Martin Shaw uses story to examine our broken relationship with the world!

Myth is our wild way of telling the truth, of sharing stories that have our living earth speaking through them. There is an old insistence that we each have a twin we know nothing about. A wild, curious twin that was thrown out the window the night we were born, taking much of our energy with them.

This story is a quest to find and court our wild twin, for they have something important to tell us. If there was something we were here to do in our few, brief years, we can be sure that the wild twin is holding the key.

In Courting the Wild Twin, Martin Shaw, an accomplished storyteller and scholar of myth and oral tradition, explores two ancient myths concerned with the wild twin and shares how vital they are to our ability to confront challenges with purpose, courage and creativity.

Myths are our secret weapon. They have a radical agency of beauty in our age of amnesia, an agency far beyond concept and polemic.

©2020 Martin Shaw (P)2020 Chelsea Green Publishing Customs & Traditions Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences Tradition Thought-Provoking Mythology
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I stumbled across this book, and I'm so much the better for it. The language, the themes, the narration....a wonderful listen that's left me feeling more at home than I have been for a good while.

it's just great

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The (possibly) mad (and certainly) genius that is Dr Martin Shaw never fails to hit the mark with his wit, vision and wisdom. In 'Courting the Wild Twin' he brings us two traditional tales - twin tales, no less - rich with allegory and symbolism, that hold up a mirror to some of our own, 21st century, predicaments. This is a book to return to time and time again and each hearing will bring fresh insights.
Having listened to this magical book in the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak, I couldn't help but be struck by these prophetic lines:
"...And in that darkness
We remember what we love the most..."

Five stars for Dr. Shaw

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If you feel sometimes life has been sanitised, lost something and your looking for perfection when it doesn't exist, then this book may allow you to feel, that maybe, some mystery can still be found and enjoyed for what it is.

Thank you

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Thank you Martin Shaw,
Courting the Wild Twin, fuelled the embers in my tummy warming my heart bubbling up joy and light.

Grateful

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Beautiful wording and language. Gorgeous delivery
Beautiful wording and language. Gorgeous delivery. Yes I enjoyed it. Thanks Martin

Beautiful

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